Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokeswoman for MEMHS welcomed the merger plan which , she said , would help to raise the profile of often over-looked services in the community . |
| 2 | But Mr Clinton will win plaudits from most economists if he carries through plans to cut the budget deficit . |
| 3 | Others are easy enough for beginners to have a go at . |
| 4 | But the average fine for employers breaking the Health and Safety at Work Act last year was just £297 — much lower than fines imposed on large manufacturing companies . |
| 5 | On the proposal that the training contract should make it possible for employers to recover the cost of their investment in training , the difficulties to which the hon. Gentleman referred can be reflected in the contract . |
| 6 | As a result , it is becoming increasingly common for employers to engage the services of relocation companies which help expatriates and their families to find suitable accommodation . |
| 7 | Er er Madam Speaker er non-wage costs never get into employees wage packets but do make it more expensive for employers to provide a job . |
| 8 | Now if I , am I right in saying that B T is happy to continue er with the present framework of Trust Law , because within that framework you 've proposed to us er a er a body of ideas about the composition of the numbers of trustees and who they should represent , which would make it much more difficult for employers to raid the fund . |
| 9 | Just as it is important for employers to understand the system and language of education , so it is important for teachers and students to understand the needs and concerns of employers . |
| 10 | Second , it was open for employers to challenge the content of courses where they felt that it was irrelevant to industrial relations ( an option increasingly taken up by employers in the past five years ) . |
| 11 | In some cases we might be happy for courts to do the weighing exercise involved and , to the extent that we are , we could have a ‘ common law ’ of public law compensation . |
| 12 | The second key question was how far it was desirable ( or feasible ) for courts to control the exit from the marriage . |
| 13 | SALVAGE specialists last night called off attempts to refloat a ship aground on an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth — as pressure mounted for far tougher controls on vessels using the channel . |
| 14 | Tom Lamb , for the cycling group , said it was highly dangerous at the moment for cyclists to cross the Tees to get to Stockton . |
| 15 | The high prevalence of resistance in our study highlights the need for policies to restrict the use of antibiotics to limit the spread of resistant strains and hence preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating acne . |
| 16 | It is important for musicians to appreciate the difference between an ‘ income received ’ deal and an ‘ at source ’ deal . |
| 17 | The proliferation of disputes over scarce water resources , particularly between states bordering the Nile , Euphrates and Jordan rivers , attests to the impact of resource depletion , as does the relationship between deforestation and desertification . |
| 18 | The CSCM proposal , introduced by the Italian Foreign Minister , Gianni De Michelis , and his Spanish counterpart , Francisco Fernández Ordóñez , called for general rules modelled along the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 [ see pp. 27301-09 ] , to settle tensions and disputes between states bordering the Mediterranean , including those of the Middle East and the Gulf . |
| 19 | Despite the desire to maintain secrecy , the entire operation was under the scrutiny of local citizens in the area , many of whom stayed for hours to witness the spectacle . |
| 20 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 21 | They stay up for hours watching the Wizard of Oz and Grease 2 again and again on their video upstairs . |
| 22 | I can not afford to send donations to every appeal that comes through my letterbox , but I can walk for miles in glorious locations and sit for hours enjoying the birds in my garden . |
| 23 | Les Hipkiss , a sprightly 62-year-old from Birmingham , queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the diminutive star . |
| 24 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 25 | The Smoke Detectors Act 1991 has recently been added to the list of statutes which will make it compulsory for builders to fit a smoke detector ( or detectors ) in all new dwellings . |
| 26 | In 1988 , Action for Cities announced the development of a Safer Cities scheme , designed to reduce urban crime . |
| 27 | In training , Action for Cities identified a number of initiatives that were designed to improve access to and awareness of training services for those in the cities . |
| 28 | All attempts to engineer a dialogue between the two have so far come to nothing , whether through UN Security Council resolutions in a sequel to the bilateral Camp David peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978 , or through attempts to associate the PLO leadership with either Jordan or Egypt in the direct talks between them and the Israelis from which the latter have always recoiled . |
| 29 | And our competitors are still envious of our unique techniques — handed down for generations to last a lifetime . |
| 30 | WORSHIPPED by the Druids and used for generations to guarantee a Christmas kiss , mistletoe — long a traditional part of the festive season — is dying out . |